On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 at 09:16, Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can those clutches be operated automatically
I have looked into this previously. There is a built-in behaviour which is almost correct, see LOCKING_INDEXER_JOINT, but it only works for the rotary axes (which should be an easy thing to change) and also only allows G0 moves, which is probably a bigger problem. This creates a "brake" pin for the axis which releases when the axis needs to move (and there is a handshake sequence, http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/motion.9.html#JOINT%20unlock%20pins I think that we actually looked into this when This Old Tony popped up on the forum with a Maho that had a similar setup with a single motor for X, Y and Z. In the end I think he decided to retrofit separate motors and use Mach3. One of those choices was a mistake, but retrofitting more motors is almost certainly the better solution here, as then you can do combined moves in Y and Z. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
